18-letter words containing i, o, n, t, r
- student councillor — a student who is a member of a council or body representing the interests of students at a school, university or college
- subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
- sugarloaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
- sun-dried tomatoes — tomatoes that have been dried or preserved by exposure to the sun
- super giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course is longer and has more widely spaced gates than in a giant slalom.
- superstring theory — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
- supporting actress — an actress playing a supporting role
- sustaining program — a radio or television program without a commercial sponsor.
- symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
- synthetic geometry — elementary geometry, as distinct from analytic geometry.
- system-programming — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- take out insurance — take out insurance against something
- teacher evaluation — the process of vetting teachers to maintain teaching standards
- tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti
- telephone receiver — a device, as in a telephone, that converts changes in an electric current into sound.
- telford and wrekin — a unitary authority in W Central England, in Shropshire. Pop: 160 300 (2003 est). Area: 289 sq km (112 sq miles)
- temporal summation — the act or process of summing.
- tender loving care — considerate and kindly care, as of someone who is ill, upset, etc
- territorialization — to extend by adding new territory.
- tertiary education — education, following secondary education at a school, at a college or university
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- the dark continent — a term for Africa when it was relatively unexplored
- the electronic age — the electronic age began when electronic equipment, including computers came into use
- the grand national — an annual steeplechase run at Aintree, Liverpool, since 1839
- the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
- the internationale — a revolutionary socialist hymn, first sung in 1871 in France
- the kinetic theory — a theory of gases postulating that they consist of particles of negligible size moving at random and undergoing elastic collisions
- the major rogation — April 25, observed by Christians as a day of solemn supplication for the harvest and marked by processions, special prayers, and blessing of the crops
- the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
- the nether regions — the genitals
- the north atlantic — the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, especially the waters separating North America and Europe
- the northern irish — the people who live in or come from Northern Ireland
- the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
- the uncircumcision — the gentiles
- the-dark-continent — Africa: so called, especially during the 19th century, because little was known about it.
- there you go again — Phrases such as there you go again are used to show annoyance at someone who is repeating something that has annoyed you in the past.
- there's no telling — You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation.
- thermionic current — an electric current produced by the flow of thermions.
- thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
- thin on the ground — If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
- think the world of — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
- thirty-second note — a note having 1/32 of the time value of a whole note; demi-semiquaver.
- thirty-second rest — a rest equal in value to a thirty-second note.
- thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
- thought experiment — Physics. a demonstration or calculation that is based on the postulates of a theory, as relativity, and that demonstrates or clarifies the consequences of the postulates.
- thrift-institution — economical management; economy; frugality.
- throw in the towel — an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- throw oneself into — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- to a grinding halt — If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends.